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Charles Howard Hinton

1853 - 1907

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Charles Howard Hinton (1853 – 30 April 1907) was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances. He was interested in higher dimensions, particularly the fourth dimension. He is known for coining the word "tesseract" and for his work on methods of visualising the geometry of higher dimensions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Howard Hinton is the 765th most popular mathematician (up from 787th in 2019), the 3,870th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,960th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles Howard Hinton ranks 765 out of 1,004. Before him are Curtis T. McMullen, Sergei Adian, Simon Donaldson, Harald Cramér, Ludwig Schlesinger, and Hua Luogeng. After him are Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Franz Mertens, Hassler Whitney, John Lennox, Paul Montel, and Hans Lewy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Charles Howard Hinton ranks 90. Before him are Julian Fałat, Emilio Aceval, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Dmitry Sipyagin, David Belasco, and Gertrud Adelborg. After him are René Bazin, Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar, Henning von Holtzendorff, Konstantin Stoilov, Gaston Bonnier, and Lucy Parsons. Among people deceased in 1907, Charles Howard Hinton ranks 83. Before him are Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, Léon Serpollet, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Désirée Artôt, and Jules de Trooz. After him are Muriel Robb, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Dimitar Petkov, George Sheldon, Lena Rice, and Christen Dalsgaard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Howard Hinton ranks 3,871 out of 8,785. Before him are Alex Garland (1970), William Sherard (1659), Susan George (1950), Michael Carrick (1981), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), and Harry Brearley (1871). After him are Lance Macklin (1919), George Nares (1831), Richard Leach Maddox (1816), Herbert Marshall (1890), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), and Aynsley Dunbar (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Howard Hinton ranks 81. Before him are John Cairncross (1913), David Cox (1924), Max Newman (1897), William Hopkins (1793), Thomas Digges (1546), and Simon Donaldson (1957). After him are John Lennox (1943), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), E. T. Whittaker (1873), Frank Morley (1860), David Gregory (1659), and Horace Lamb (1849).

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